Clinical and laboratory features of patients with loiasis (Loa loa filariasis) in the U.K.

Journal of Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Churchill, D R ^a,b   Morris, C ^a   Fakoya, A ^a   Wright, S G ^a   Davidson, R N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029792052     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(96)93005-4     Document Type: Article

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